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- Comment on Looking for the perfect 5 year anniversary gift? 1 day ago:
… a new set of knives, a new set of knives, a new set of knives, lisa needs braces, a new set of knives, a new set of knives, dental plan, a new set of knives, a new set of knives, lisa needs braces, a new set of knives, a new set of knives, dental plan, a new set of knives, a new set of knives, a new set of knives…
- Comment on Happy PrIDE Month 2 days ago:
Don’t forget SCSI termination. There was always some extra piece of junk you needed to make it all work. No wonder we all have “the box” in the basement/attic with all the extra cables squirreled away.
Now you take a tiny board a little bigger than a stick of gum, and press it onto the motherboard. Smaller footprint than a DIMM, mind-blowing amounts of solid-state storage. Drives? Naw, we just have chips where the "1"s stick around after you turn it off.
- Comment on Who did this 😂😂😂 2 days ago:
They’ve been trying to bring back online walled-garden systems ever since. Just look at Facebook, or Twitter.
- Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates 3 days ago:
I don’t trust anyone when I’m on the road.
And you shouldn’t. Everyone is equipped with a lethal weapon masquerading as personal transportation, where safety is predicated on mutually-assured-destruction and the presumption that everyone is a sane actor. Keep your head on a swivel and stay safe out there!
- Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates 3 days ago:
You’re right about turn signals.
A lot of people have “target fixation” and telegraph their moves somewhat. I look at where the car is tracking in the lane and what their head is doing (if I can see it). Most people drift left or right on the highway before they change lanes, exit, or turn. It’s no excuse for bad manners, but it helps.
- Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates 3 days ago:
IMO, the big problem is just a matter of standards and practicality. The bar for a DL is “can operate a vehicle” and not “can safely drive a vehicle in public for extended periods of time.” I agree with periodic re-licensing though; everything else called a “license” seems to need that for a host of reasons.
- Comment on Meta is now a defense contractor 5 days ago:
it’s like an engine being allowed to slow down after over-revving it incessantly.
That’s exactly what it feels like. I installed Social Fixer on my browser(s) to make FB at least usable for the few times I have to touch it for event coordination. People ask me what that’s like and I simply say: “Oh, it’s boring now. I only look at status updates for a few minutes and go do something else.” The pull to go back is just… gone. It’s as dull as LiveJournal ever was, and frankly, it’s better this way.
What did I strip out of the feed? Everything that wasn’t generated directly by someone on my friends list. That’s all it took. All the “engagement” is either artificially injected into your feed, or clickbait people pass along because their feed isn’t filtered.
- Comment on Ai Code Commits 6 days ago:
It’s already kind of happening. The Curl project is having a really bad time. No idea if the “bug” submissions are themselves automated, but the content of the filings are pure AI nonsense.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
Thanks.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
Hardly. I added some clarification to my argument.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
Thanks for clarifying. I’m actually trying to argue the exact opposite of something like “all lives matter”.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Technically, everyone that doesn’t identify as “men”. But it’s done in the abstract, negative space of the message by not saying it. Subtle, but without clarifying things, it’s left open to this interpretation.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
It could be an innocent mistake, or if we put our tinfoil hats on for a second, deliberate counter-propaganda aimed at sowing division and dissent by baiting people with otherwise good intent.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I agree. It’s kind of a tightrope these days. As a white, cis, hereto, middle-aged, male, I pretty much clock as the poster-child for privilege. I am palpably aware that crying loudly for any support might just come off as tasteless, or even insensitive in the wrong group.
Yet, a lot of our social ills these days look an awful lot like mental illness, which is poorly compensated for through evil, perpetrated by people that resemble this description. Zero social support means you just listen to Joe Rogan instead, while projecting trauma as hate.
This poster/meme might work better if it aimed for equality and that it doesn’t exclude anyone. Or maybe if it had a quote from research or some person of note about the silent epidemic that is men’s mental/social health issues.
- Comment on If you are too young you really missed out being able to do this 1 week ago:
break a public pay phone
At the zenith of that technology, the phone company(ies) had already battle tested countless other designs. The newest relics you find are hardened enough to be left unattended in the most vandalism prone areas imaginable. Each one, a little fortress perfectly protecting delicate electronics and a coin-box. Slam it all you want: they’re nigh-on indestructible.
- Comment on Bachelor Chow slabs, anyone? 1 week ago:
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Your customers can’t compare prices with the competition if there’s nothing to compare.
- Comment on YouTube tops Disney and Netflix in TV viewing 1 week ago:
This is the way. The key is to ignore the clickbait, politics, low-effort content, and sensational bullshit, and just go after stuff you really like.
There’s even videos for every schedule. We seem to be back to 30-50 minute videos these days, but there are still some micro channels around. Like “Sandwiches of History”, where every video is at most two minutes.
- Comment on Having to manage cables is a very 80s thing that we still have to do in 2025. 1 week ago:
The only alternative here is wireless high-power transmission for the home. Which is possible, but you’ll run into issues like “what is that ringing sound?” and “why do my fillings feel hot?”
- Comment on Having to manage cables is a very 80s thing that we still have to do in 2025. 1 week ago:
I just imagined the power bill required to do this. Now my wallet hurts.
- Comment on Having to manage cables is a very 80s thing that we still have to do in 2025. 1 week ago:
Wires are life.
Learn to manage (route, store, wind, respect bend radius, etc) cables and reliability will be your reward.
- Comment on YSK some cities in the US are starting to build an affordable community built wifi network that goes around big telecom companies 2 weeks ago:
Now if we could just talk to some EU internet satellites…
- Comment on The USA spends $15k/student annually which is 30% higher than the global median. Why do U.S. schools have "fundraisers" where kids are incentivized to sell stuff to people? 2 weeks ago:
Others may have different experiences, but AFAIK schools tend to be funded by the property taxes in their district. Combined with rampant, unchecked, failed desegreation, and you have some schools that are swimming in cash while everyone else begs to close that gap.
- Comment on Unconditional support 2 weeks ago:
It’s from the movie Predator.
If you want to see what it would look like if the anthropomorphic incarnation of testosterone itself it wrote, directed, and acted in a movie, then look no further. It’s so full of vitamin-T your voice will drop an octave while watching it, and your unborn grandkids will go into puberty next week.
- Comment on Stack Overflow seeks rebrand as traffic continues to plummet – which is bad news for developers 2 weeks ago:
Do we have the whole thing on the internet archive?
Maybe?
Another consideration is that it’s probably a part of many LLM training datasets by now. In fact, I’d say the combination of bad moderation and AI have made Stack Overflow less attractive lately.
- Comment on Explains crossfit 2 weeks ago:
Out-crazying all the crazy passengers. This probably stops so many stupid rants and conversations dead in their tracks.
5/5 pro move.
- Comment on They're unstoppable 2 weeks ago:
He also technically killed Cell. Not even Goku or Gohan can boast that.
- Comment on They're unstoppable 2 weeks ago:
That’s 50% more eyeballs than Krillin, and Tien has a nose. Plus, he can turn triangles into squares, now that I think about it. That math checks out.
- Comment on They're unstoppable 2 weeks ago:
It’s a masterpiece of fan art. It’s the best way to watch that story, period.
Abridged Vegeta is my spirit animal.
Man has the personality of an ornery housecat. What’s not to love?
- Comment on They're unstoppable 2 weeks ago:
I am not enough of an Otaku to have this debate to any sort of conclusion; I’ll take your word for it. I do have one question though: if we discount the Saiyan hybrids and androids, what puts Tien over the top?
- Comment on They're unstoppable 2 weeks ago:
He’s still the strongest human alive. By Terrestrial standards, he’s indestructible.